Relax, enjoy the birds

Birdwatchers like to identify birds that they have seen.

Current solution

Consult a bird watching guide

Context

Either in the field or when you get home.

Issues

In the field:

• book can be heavy, get wet, cause you to fumble
• having your head in a book can detract you from enjoying the experience
• normally have to sift through the birds of an entire country to find the ones you want

At home

• need to rely on memory or photos to consult the guide for appearance, location
• books get written n so that you can mark off the ones you've seen

Would be great if

• you could , record the exact location of the sighting/s
• easily record images and sounds and id notes along with the location
• the identification could be automatic
• you had a full list of the birds for an area to narrow down a search

Birdwatchers like to make lists of the birds they identify, to keep a record of all the birds they've seen and where they've seen them.

Current solution

Make a list in a notebook or on the computer

Context

Post-field trip - in the home, or hotel. Per field trip.

Issues

• need to go through your book find each bird you've seen then add to the list
• end up with lots of disparate lists, sometimes more than one for a single location
• can't record photos or sounds in a notebook, same for a digital list
• can't easily see compare your list to the complete list for a location
• can't easily share lists

Would be great if

• list was automatically created when a bird was sighted
• lists for a location could be appended
• photos, sound recordings and field notes could be attached to the list
• you could see how many of the birds listed in an area you have and haven't seen, sort of like collecting all the objects on the level of a game
• you could share or boast about how many birds you've seen on a field trip e.g. Facebook post 'Tory Grice was at Lamington National Park and saw 22 bird species - view the birds she sighted